City Campaign Opens With Crossed Wires and Loyalties
The article notes tensions in the city campaign as Tax Commissioner Garland faces refusals on reductions angering property owners. It suggests Lambert’s weaker loss, thanks to a political following and constructive park department projects. The campaign will be nonpartisan and open to all voters, including German-American groups who may push an issue.
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Board of Equalization
Garland
Lambert
Brown
Koehler
Shelby Loring Undertaking Co Automobile on Both Phones
Shelby Loring Undertaking Co reports car service available by both phones 971 and Afy. The notice emphasizes prompt funeral and transport arrangements for clients seeking reliable vehicle support.
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Shelby-Loring Undertaking Co. Automobile
Congressman Kahn Honored at Dinner in San Antonio
A banquet at the St. Anthony Hotel honoring Congressman Julius Kahn ranked Republican on the House military affairs committee was hosted by Major Orrin R. Wolfe. Army officers attended aside from Mr. Kahn. The event featured a khaki tent centerpiece and toy conical tents with a tiny aeroplane and soldiers.
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Julius Kahn
Military Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
St. Anthony Hotel
Orrin R. Wolfe
Mr. Kahn
Major Wolfe
Wolfe
Congressman Kahn
Frederick Funston
Henry A. Greene
Omar Bundy
Malvern Hill Barnum
W. C. Langfitt
Harry E. Wilkins
Walter D. McCaw
George M. Dunn
Eli A
San Antonio
Washington
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Wilson
General Funston
Peace talks debated in Austro-Hungarian press
Vienna newspapers discuss President Wilson's peace invitation as censorship lifts. Reports say he may invite belligerent powers to a conference on minimum terms, with no halt to hostilities during talks. Arbeiter Zeitung cites cautious but hopeful acceptance without signaling resource exhaustion.
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Washington
Vienna
Wilson
Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung
Calciu m Wafers Promise Clear Skin Promotion
A dental style ad touts Stuart's Calcium Wafers promising clear skin by treating pimples and blotches. It claims relief through calcium sulphide, offers a 60 cent box and a free trial package by mail with a coupon.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Sugarman Brothers Offer Deep Discounts in San Antonio Sale
Crowds filled Sugarman Brothers department store at North Flores and West Houston for a stock reducing sale lasting through Saturday night. The San Antonio outlet touts New York and Chicago purchases at sacrifices to move more than seventy five thousand dollars of goods, with hundreds of additional bargains starting Monday.
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Sugarman Brothers
North Flores
West
Houston Street
Texas
San Antonio
Sugarman
New York
Chicago
Bexar County
Demand for ten hour strike in Mexico by U S labor unions
In Baltimore on November 25 the American Federation of Labor delegates urged General Carranza to withdraw the August 1 decree forbidding strikes under death penalty. The convention affirmed workers rights, backed Mexican wage earners, and studied eight hour day legislation with a five member committee. Buffalo named next meeting city.
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Baltimore
United States
Mexico
American Federation of Labor
Carranza
Labor Movement
Carlos Lovera
Yucatan
John Golden
Textile Workers
Frank Farrington
United Mine Workers
British Trade Union Congress
Buffalo
Gompers
Executive Council
Telegrams Sent to Carnegie on 81st Birthday by Texas Libraries
Texas libraries sent telegrams to Andrew Carnegie congratulating him on his 81st birthday. Initiated by I A Goldstein, president of the Waco Public Library. The gesture reflects broad library gratitude to Carnegie.
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Carnegie
Austin
Tex
Texas
Andrew Carnegie
I. A. Goldstein
Waco Public
Carnegie Endows Southern Library Training and Courthouse Progress
Carnegie backing helped fund the Publishing Board of the American Library Association and the Atlanta Library Association’s librarian training in the South. The county courthouse nears completion with Judge Pool calling it among the nation’s finest and endorsing a state highway commission.
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Comletion
Judge Pool
Judge Pools discusses El Paso bond approval in Austin
Judge Adrian Pool county judge of El Paso county meets with the attorney general in Austin to seek approval of 450000 dollars in bonds for El Paso.
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Austin
Tex
Adrian Pool
el Paso County
Attorney General's Department
el Paso
Texans urged to fund loan for university education
Over 1,000 letters from John A. Lomax, secretary of the Students' Loan Fund Association, go to leading Texas citizens urging support for a $100,000 fund to provide university education for every deserving boy and girl in Texas. The appeal notes Texas has many qualified students lacking funds.
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Austin
Tex
John A. Lomax
Students’ Loan Fund Association
Texas
Texas funds aid underprivileged students for college
Prominent Texas citizens sign a letter urging a fund to help boys and girls unable to afford university education. Dr E P Wilmot in Austin serves as treasurer. Grapefruit exhibits from Houston citrus fields accompany the appeal, with samples of lemons oranges and kumquats. Coal deposits discovered in Iceland are being developed as scientists study a Bear Island deposit between Spitzbergen and Norway.
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Texas
E. P. Wilmot
Austin
Houston
Department of Agriculture
M. H. Jones Jr
Federal Nursery Inspection Service
South Texas
Iceland
IlIslanda
Spitzbergen
Norway
Grapefruits on Exhibition in Texas State Department
AUSTIN Texas November 25 Grapefruits numbered thirteen in one cluster and weighing nine pounds ten ounces were received by the State Department of Agriculture. The remarkable lot showcases unusually large fruit for display and study.
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Austin
Tex
State Department of Agriculture
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Goodyear
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Tub
Jersey
Rayue
Washer's
American Library Association
Atlanta Library Association
el Paso Building
Brick
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